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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Young at Heart

Hello all,

I've got another Oldie but Goodie for you today. I love this series of senior citizens stamps. The company that makes them has made a change to the way the manufacture the stamps. I think there are some issues, my hope is they will notice the same issues I did and make some changes.

The new images are being produced in polymer rather than rubber. The polymer is cheap in quality and doesn't hold the ink as well. When you stamp the image it is rough. I tried a few different types of inks and cleaning the surface, but the image wasn't crisp. I really liked the stamps...so I thought I'd color it up anyway and see what happens. In the end, I really liked how the card turned out.

In the close up, you can see the un-crisp lines. I stamped the greeting that came in the set, but it was hard to read. So I used a multi-liner pen to trace the lines. In making future cards, I'll just come up with an alternative sentiment. So Sad...not a fan of cheap Polymer stamps. This set was just too cute to pass up.

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I love to rubber stamp. I started scrapbooking and rubber stamping in
5th grade. I didn’t realize that the craft would become so popular in
the next ten years. My family had just visited Disney world. I was
filled with joy at the sight of Micky Mouse and Cinderella’s castle. I
remember pouring through the pictures from our family vacation. Without
permission, I started cutting up photos, arranging them on paper, and
glueing souvenirs I had collected to construction paper. Here I am
today, Sharing the Things I Make with the People I LOVE. I hope you find
inspiration in my craft room. I want to be a resource to you and help
you navigate your own projects
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